peppering

English

Verb

peppering

  1. present participle and gerund of pepper

Noun

peppering (plural pepperings)

  1. (literally, figuratively) A light sprinkling or spray, as with black pepper specks, bullets, or questions.
    • 1840, Colburn's New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, volume 60, page 57:
      Besides, the advantage sought is but a cowardly advantage; for when all is said, the pepperings from the small shot of female eloquence are great only to little men.

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